[xserene]

I get this question ALL the time when talking to younger kids. Is IB really worth it?
I always say it is but I wonder myself, even this late into high school. *sighs* I think I'm
over and done with IB and high school right now, or that's how it feels. My friends all talk
about having Senior-itis and how they are ready to move on to uni and so on. I feel that
way as well and I still have one and a third years to go. XD

In a way, I actually think no. I guess it really depends on what college you're going to... I know some colleges don't even look at IB or even accept IB credit, or at least not very many. In that case, it's really like you work hard for nothing... but I don't know. I guess it might prepare you for college.

[xgoody2shoes15x]

I get this question ALL the time when talking to younger kids. Is IB really worth it?
I always say it is but I wonder myself, even this late into high school. *sighs* I think I'm
over and done with IB and high school right now, or that's how it feels. My friends all talk
about having Senior-itis and how they are ready to move on to uni and so on. I feel that
way as well and I still have one and a third years to go. XD

idk, but im a junior so i only have like a little more than one year to survive. i've already survived three years of all this crap load of work, so why not just finish it and get it over with?? haha it'll be over soon i can't wait until everything's over -__-

[simplicity90]

i have ib spanish and english orals coming up. all i have to say is lord have mercy -___- grrr....our group four groupings were random this year and i got people who i really don't wanna work with. sigh. i'm just feelin happy that i'm in my last year for ib. sadly i doubt i'm gonna get the diploma. :[ my favorite phrase...

I.B. therefore I B.S.

[cookieremix]

Hi! ^^ I have a question for all the IB students here...

I'm currently in 8th grade. And this week in school, we're suppose to be deciding on whether or not we want to take the IB program in high school or stick with honors.
And I'm honestly so torn about this. At one point, I want to take IB and see how it goes, but at other points, I want to stay in honors because I know that I can make A's in those classes.
My dream college is UNC Chapel Hill, which is a medical school. And I think taking IB will better my chances of making it in.
But I don't want to take IB thinking I can handle it, and then find out too late and fail all my classes. Because that doesn't help me at all...

What I was planning on doing, was taking full IB in 9th and 10th grade. Then dropping down to honors and taking AP classes in 11th and 12th grade. But my sister (whose a sophmore taking partial IB) says that they changed it so that students can't drop out of IB once they're put into it. But I'm not 100% that's true.
Plus, I'm not sure IB counts if you just take it two years..

I'd love your opinions on what I should do. And possibly some advice on what to expect and all that.

[LindaDoll]

If you think about it, there are millions of other people that finished university without taking IB.

I also tell the kids that IB is just a bonus and not a requisite for University.

Because jeez, my IB coordinator thinks like this:

It's either IB Diploma or it's that you fail at life.

Argh, That IB Diploma or bust attitude is what's really getting to me. At this point, I know I should know better, but I still have that attitude because it's like..implemented into my system or something. >.< My grades in IB are decent and I have a 3.5 GPA, but I know that if I was in AP or Honors classes, I'd probably have a 4.0, which is getting to me the most.

i went to my local library and looked for good sources, and there weren't any. i requested that the librarian do a regional search (like a 15-20 mile radius around my city) and no good sources came up.

i think went and visited 4 different college libraries, and finally the 5th one (a graduate law library) had sources for me.

in general, all the sources i found just liked to talk about the mafia, so it was kind of useless information.

Yeah, I was talking to one of my teachers about it and she definitely said that, for the topic I'm interested in, I should check out the uni-libraries. So, I have to get on that this summer. >.<

In a way, I actually think no. I guess it really depends on what college you're going to... I know some colleges don't even look at IB or even accept IB credit, or at least not very many. In that case, it's really like you work hard for nothing... but I don't know. I guess it might prepare you for college.

See, I'm really interested in going to the University of Florida and it was one of the reasons why I went into the IB program. For a LONG time, it had always been a safe school for IB kids and the education is good too. But now that they're champions in basketball and football, more athletes are applying for the school and a HUGE amount of students, in general, are applying there as well. The competition is getting tougher and its like they are ignoring the "IBO" stamp.

I hear all the time that IB is preparing you for college, but I guess it won't sink in until freshman year. >.<

idk, but im a junior so i only have like a little more than one year to survive. i've already survived three years of all this crap load of work, so why not just finish it and get it over with?? haha it'll be over soon i can't wait until everything's over -__-

I know exactly how you feel! I'm a junior too and I think that's the worst part because we're past that half point line of our high school education. To give up now, it's basically saying you wasted the past three years of your life. I think that's why I'm sticking with IB, because I have only so much more meters to run in this race. Might as well keep going until I reach the end, right? I agree with you more! When it's over, I'm throwing THE BIGGEST "I'm Out of IB" party. Haha.

[Tammie]

When I was a junior, I thought that I would survive one more year of high school.
But seriously, senior year has been 1000000x more overwhelming than junior year.

[roffles]

Has anyone started on their EE yet? I'm nowhere near even having a subject selected...let alone a topic, question and thesis. =/ I was planning on doing history but it requires at least 15 sources... I hardly read anything my history teacher gives me. There's no way I have the will power to read 15 sources independently...

[josebiwasabi]

Has anyone started on their EE yet? I'm nowhere near even having a subject selected...let alone a topic, question and thesis. =/ I was planning on doing history but it requires at least 15 sources... I hardly read anything my history teacher gives me. There's no way I have the will power to read 15 sources independently...

my history EE had a total of 4 sources and it was approved.

[x_terr]

well, i'm in IB right now and i'm a soph.
but i'm dropping out next year due to various reasons.

so i was wondering-is it possible to go to an undergrad school out of the states without IB? because i heard other colleges just look at IB scores if you apply : |

[simplicity90]

check this out

ib quotes

some of them are hilarious.

[ms cowie]

They have IB for 9th and 10th graders? I know this is for certain schools, but how does this work?
My school only has IB for 11th and 12th graders o_e

[sourx3candi]

well, i'm not going for siploma, but i hate IB Japanese, IB Math Methods, and IB Chem.

my school is the only IB school in my district, and it's not a good program, but hopefully our new ib coordinator will bring it up for next year.

[twaky]

Ooooh! IB thread!
I'm grad-ing this year from IB 12, and gosh it was hell this year. EE, TOK, IAs, all the crap. now everything's slowing down and everyone's prepping for the may exams..

Good luck to everyone!

[chriskong37]

They have IB for 9th and 10th graders? I know this is for certain schools, but how does this work?
My school only has IB for 11th and 12th graders o_e

There are a few different programs offered by the International Baccalaureate Organization. The program you are talking about (for grade 9 and grade 10 students) is the MYP - middle year program. basically, this is just a pre-IB prep course and helps prepare students for what they might expect in the full swing Diploma program for 11th and 12 graders.

the 11th and 12th grade program your school offers is called the Diploma programme. schools don't have to offer the Middle Year Programme, and students who do complete the MYP don't get any of their MYP marks counting towards the dipolma. well that's what I as told. =]

[PrototypeStacy]

Argh, That IB Diploma or bust attitude is what's really getting to me. At this point, I know I should know better, but I still have that attitude because it's like..implemented into my system or something. >.< My grades in IB are decent and I have a 3.5 GPA, but I know that if I was in AP or Honors classes, I'd probably have a 4.0, which is getting to me the most.

Agh, that's exactly how I'm feeling now! I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do now. Half of me wants to quit, the other half doesn't. I've been waiting for a sign or something to tell me what I'm supposed to do because at this point, I really don't know. I want to give up, but then that would mean defeat and I just don't know. IB is making me depressed and because the people in IB at my school are super smart, they can do it. My IB coordinator tells me that I'm in the top 10% of my class but she just doesn't get how fierce the competition is nowadays and I don't believe her. I can't get anything but C's and B's. Gawd, someone please help me. :'(

[esskeigh]

I'm a freshman right now and I'm so....indecisive about what I'm going to do for the rest of high school.
Is the IB program REALLYYYYY that bad?
I'm currently in pre-IB classes for English, history, geometry 1, and biology with a 4.0 GPA.
I enjoy learning (but not working, I'm a horrible procrastinator) and I really like the classes I'm taking now.
The thing is, I don't know if I should go for the certificates or the full diploma...
I don't know what I want to be when I grow up, or even what college I want to go to.
I might sound a little naive but...
I just want to be happy.
I'm not sure if I really want to devote so much of my time and energy into getting this diploma...

[Sam Sik]

I'm a freshman right now and I'm so....indecisive about what I'm going to do for the rest of high school.
Is the IB program REALLYYYYY that bad?
I'm currently in pre-IB classes for English, history, geometry 1, and biology with a 4.0 GPA.
I enjoy learning (but not working, I'm a horrible procrastinator) and I really like the classes I'm taking now.
The thing is, I don't know if I should go for the certificates or the full diploma...
I don't know what I want to be when I grow up, or even what college I want to go to.
I might sound a little naive but...
I just want to be happy.
I'm not sure if I really want to devote so much of my time and energy into something like this program...


---EDIT---
A quick question...
If I WERE to go for the diploma, would doing a sport be required for CAS hours?

IB isn't as bad as people make it out to be (Except for IB Physics, that class is absolute horror). English, History, Math, are not too bad. I mean obviously they are going to be more challenging, but not too brutal. The reason why so many people think IB is so hard is because they procrastinate and/or try to be a perfectionist. In IB, in order to succeed, you shouldn't take up either of those positions. You need to learn how to manage your time.

If you don't know what to do, just take IB Diploma to start off, and if it's too hard for you just drop into IB Certificate. That's what I'm doing. And this programme is definitely worth it, IB has taught me a great work ethic that I am carrying onto regular classes in grade 12. I am going to RIP right through those classes

As for CAS hours, a sport is NOT required. You can even say "Ran around lake - 30 mins" and that would count for the ACTION part of CAS hours.

[PrototypeStacy]

You can even say "Ran around lake - 30 mins" and that would count for the ACTION part of CAS hours.

No you can't. o_O
You have to do some sort of volunteer work that requires you to perform actions, I.E. Relay for Life.
Running around a lake is not volunteering for anything or helping the community.

[杨葩08]

I'm only taking IB chinese which I'm taking the written test in May and I know that I will do poorly. In class we been taking pratice written test from pass exams and it's hard because you don't know 2/3 of the characters.

[kaakathy]

this is kind of a stupid question but...what exactly is IB?
And what's the difference between IB and AP classes? Thanks!